Comments on: Health and Healthcare Disparities: Structural Built-Ins http://sufficientscruples.com/blog/2006/09/01/healthcare-disparities-structural-causes/ Bioethics, healthcare policy, and related issues. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:53:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: cara http://sufficientscruples.com/blog/2006/09/01/healthcare-disparities-structural-causes/comment-page-1/#comment-15489 cara Mon, 04 Sep 2006 17:07:23 +0000 http://sufficientscruples.com/blog/2006/09/01/healthcare-disparities-structural-causes/#comment-15489 This is especially timely because the government recently rolled out a campaign to encourage breast feeding, with no legislative backing. The policy is to encourage breast feeding, but there is no assistance to do so - no paid time off, no paid maternity leave. Even the Pregnancy Discrimination Act doesn't seem to cover much of this either. This is upsetting to me mostly on a policy level, because it does seem to encourage women to just stay home and breastfeed, and while that's a lovely option, it's not psychologically or fiscally prudent for many people. This is especially timely because the government recently rolled out a campaign to encourage breast feeding, with no legislative backing. The policy is to encourage breast feeding, but there is no assistance to do so – no paid time off, no paid maternity leave. Even the Pregnancy Discrimination Act doesn’t seem to cover much of this either. This is upsetting to me mostly on a policy level, because it does seem to encourage women to just stay home and breastfeed, and while that’s a lovely option, it’s not psychologically or fiscally prudent for many people.

]]> By: Pejar http://sufficientscruples.com/blog/2006/09/01/healthcare-disparities-structural-causes/comment-page-1/#comment-15342 Pejar Fri, 01 Sep 2006 17:20:02 +0000 http://sufficientscruples.com/blog/2006/09/01/healthcare-disparities-structural-causes/#comment-15342 Congratulations on one of the best, most poignent posts on health insurance I have seen. Unfortunately, I can just imagine the right-wing response now: Women should not be working at all, and so it is all a biproduct of liberal feminism. It's depressing. In fact, I'm really not sure that tying health insurance to employment is a good idea at all. Over here in the UK we do struggle with the government-run NHS, but it sounds one hell of a lot better than what the working class have to deal with over in the US. Congratulations on one of the best, most poignent posts on health insurance I have seen. Unfortunately, I can just imagine the right-wing response now: Women should not be working at all, and so it is all a biproduct of liberal feminism. It’s depressing.

In fact, I’m really not sure that tying health insurance to employment is a good idea at all. Over here in the UK we do struggle with the government-run NHS, but it sounds one hell of a lot better than what the working class have to deal with over in the US.

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